Jonathan Weatherhead's wild and exciting world

Published by Jonathan Weatherhead

Jonathan Weatherhead is a code scientist, software developer, internet enthusiast, gadget fanatic, hobbyist photographer, and fun-lover extraordinaire. He has received a Bachelor of Computer Science and math minor from Carleton University and his areas of interest include web-driven applications, Object Oriented architecture and language paradigms.

I’m sure that we all have our favorite childhood cereals. My favorites were always Corn Flakes, Shreddies, Rice Crispies and Cheerios. Things change, however; I haven’t had corn flakes for a LONG time and I didn’t see them in Loblaws or Costco recently.… Read the rest

I’ve been waiting for my new graphics card to arrive since before Christmas!!! I even sold my ex-graphic card a few weeks ago in anticipation of a timely delivery. Boy did I pwn myself well; I haven’t touched a game since January 12th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Read the rest

I went to launch my current favorite Facebook application, u-arcade’s pacman, and was greeted with this cheerless message.
Dear users – we have been asked by Bandai to remove Pacman from Facebook. So around 2-3pm PST today we will be taking Pacman off the application and replacing it with other games.… Read the rest

Welcome to academic year 2008! However, I’m not back in class. That’s right; no homework, no assignments, etc:D I’m doing my second co-op placement, this time at Cognos as a web applications designer.
Web design has come a long long way over the last few years.… Read the rest

Merry Christmas to all!!! May the season bring you joy, good health and good fortune.
This morning I made breakfast for my family. On the menu was eggs, eggs, and eggs (simple, fast and about the only thing I’m fully competent with in the kitchen) So I went for scrambled eggs.… Read the rest

This gem of wisdom my aunt forwarded to me, and as the CCSS hosted a coffee social today, I found it quite suiting. I would like to help share it with the world.
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.… Read the rest

I was cruising around on ebay during the weekend and saw an offer that I could not resist. It was too good to be true: The user had a perfect rating, and an item whose very name would cause most hardware fanatics to drool.… Read the rest

Before we begin, I need to explain the robotics project a bit. The goal is to have robots collect blocks, push them through a maze, and deliver them in a drop zone. Simple enough, right?
Starting where I left off in the last blog, I found myself back in the lab Saturday night.… Read the rest

Robotics. I could stop here… This is an account of last week’s highlights (Monday 19th) I know I’m over a week late, but I’ve been sooo busy – I could write 3 more blog entries this size about the last week.… Read the rest

My high school physics teacher passed away last week at 34 years of age. Tell me how this is fair in any way? How can such a wonderful and caring person be gone so suddenly? Gone, but not lost to the world; she will live on in mine, her family’s, and so many of her students’ hearts.… Read the rest